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Canada Goose![]() Size: 75-110 cm; wing span 1.25-1.85 m Weight: 2.6-6.5 kg (male); 2.4-5.5 kg (female) |
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Photos |
Race "parvipes"(?)
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Canada Geese on the banks of the river Rhine
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Walluf, Hessen, Germany, January 2018]
Family of Canada Geese on the banks of the river Rhine, with
an adult seen in a near-frontal view in the foreground
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Walluf, Hessen, Germany, January 2013]
Lateral view of a Canada Goose (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Hyde Park, London, England, September 2019]
Lateral view of a Canada Goose (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Walluf, Hessen, Germany, January 2013]
Lateral view of a Canada Goose
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[River Rhine, between Walluf and Schierstein, Hessen, Germany, April 2019]
Lateral view of a Canada Goose, here seen preening
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[River Rhine, between Walluf and Schierstein, Hessen, Germany, April 2019]
Lateral view of a Canada Goose (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Hyde Park, London, England, September 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Canada Goose, upright stance
Near-dorsal view of a Canada Goose, hunched stance
Family of Canada Geese (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Walluf, Hessen, Germany, January 2013]
Comparison of a Canada Geese with two
Greylag Geese
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[River Rhine, near Eltville, Germany, May 2022]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Close-up lateral view of Canada Goslings
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Walluf, Hessen, Germany, January 2013]
Adult Canada Goose with a batch of goslings
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Walluf, Hessen, Germany, May 2018]
Close-up lateral view of a Canada Gosling
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Walluf, Hessen, Germany, May 2018]
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Behaviour |
Canada Geese can live in areas where the ground freezes over, but
they will leave if water surfaces freeze over
(photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[Bowness-on-Windermere, Lake District, England, UK, January 2011]
Canada Geese swimming in single file
(photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[River Thames at Moulsford, South Oxfordshire, England, UK, December 2014]
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Food, Diet |
Canada Goose with goslings feeding on pieces of an aquatic plant
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[River Rhine, between Walluf and Eltville, Germany, May 2022]
Canada Goose gosling feeding on grass
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[River Rhine, between Walluf and Eltville, Germany, May 2022]
Ohhh, yum, daisies!
(photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[River Rhine, between Walluf and Eltville, Germany, May 2022]